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Course image Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 1
Basic Methodology
Course Summary:

Note: this course requires compulsory material to be ordered. The book Board for Certification of Genealogists, Genealogy Standards, 2nd edition revised (Nashville, Tennessee: Ancestry, 2021) can be purchased at GenealogyStore.com

Optional Print Course Material: Analysis and Skills Mentoring Program – Part 1

*Course materials will only be sent to students who are registered in the course. Additional Optional Supplies: 

  1. Mills, Elizabeth Shown, editor, Professional Genealogy: A manual for researchers, writers, editors, lecturers and librarians (2001; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2012).
  2. Rose, Christine, Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case, 4th Edition Revised (San Jose, California: CR Publications, 2014).
  3. Cite Your Sources Package - Includes Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian, QuickSheet: Citing Ancestry.com Databases & Images Evidence! Style, QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources Evidence! Style, and QuickSheet: Citing Genetic Sources for History Research Evidence! Style.

The Analysis & Skills Mentoring 1 has four prerequisites in the Basic Level courses. Instructional mentoring is provided during two individual consultation appointmentsThis course is in a different format than most of our other courses. Although this is a 26-week course, it means you have up to six months from the start date to submit all the assignments, and the private one-on-one consultations. Many students complete this course in three months or less.


Contact Hours: 24
Grading Scale: %
Course Length: 26 weeks
COURSE CONTENT

COURSE INTRODUCTION
General Notes & Overview
The Learning Process
Course Guidelines

COURSE DETAILS & INSTRUCTIONS
Virtual Meeting - A&S General Discussion

Course Reading Materials - Part 1
The following are available at GenealogyStore.com. Click on the item title below to go directly to the product.

Required Book:
Board for Certification of Genealogists, Genealogy Standards, 2nd edition revised (Nashville, Tennessee: Ancestry, 2021).

Private - First Consultation Appointment

Course Reading Materials - Part 2
Required Reading
About the Scholarly Article for Review
Virtual Meeting - A&S-Part 1 Article Review
Private - Second Consultation Appointment

SUPPLEMENTAL COURSE READING
Ethics in Genealogy
Codes of Ethics
Citing Your Sources
Core Elements
Elements for Original Sources
Elements for Derivative Sources
Elements for Narrative Sources
Elements for Online Sources
Analysis Process
History of the Genealogical Proof Standard
Scholarly Article Interpretation
How to Read & Study a Scholarly Article